Amazon just reserved an entire nuclear plant in Pennsylvania for the next 17 years — locking in 2 gigawatts to power its hungriest AI data centers

[sparky]

I'll be dipped in p*g sh*t before i listen to the fools that sold us out Gip

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[sparky]

The 17 years apparently is based on the life expectancy of the reactors, and therefore their license to operate. I personally think the criticism of the behind the grid model is wrong.

depends Dekster......are they going to be the same Mark5 GE (good 'nuff) model the union of concerned scientists were down on?

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[Dekster]

depends Dekster......are they going to be the same Mark5 GE (good 'nuff) model the union of concerned scientists were down on?

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I just googled it and added 17 years to 2026 and found that the 2043 date fell between the end of the two reactors' licenses